Improved horse-hitching device



@eine I tang @anni @ffice jr. DEMINC, or BRIDCPCRT, CONNECTICUT, ASSICNCR To JCHN n. Arena.

TCN AND HENRY A. WHEELER, or SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 77,364, dated April 28, 1868.

IMPROVED HORSE-HITGHING DEVICE.-

'To lALL WHCM IT MAN CCNCERN:

Be it known that'I, F. DEMING, of Bridgeport, in the `county of Fairfield, and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in- Horse Hit-ch; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection 'with `the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a-full, clear,'an`d Cx'act description of the same, and which said drawings constitute par-tof this speciiioation, and represent, in

`Figure 1,-a side View, and in l Figure 2a front view. I

l This invention is designed to be-xed in stalls, for the purpose ot' hitch'ingvthe horse thereto, the obje-et being the construction of a hitch which the horse, if cast, would naturallydo'taeh himself from, and leavehis' head free, which-would avoid the dangers of being cast, and the results therefrom; and the invention consists in an inverted hook, combined with a spring xed to the body or plate ofthe hook, so as to vbear against the hook, and sov that a downward strain upon the ring within the hook would draw the hook tl1eret`rorn, while an inverted hook would prevent any accidental detachment. I I

To enable others to construct my improvement, I will proceed `to describe theleame as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. y Y i Y A is the hook, fo'rmed upon or attached to a plate, B, andon the said plate is fixed a spring,'C, below the point of the hoolgand curved s o as to bear up against the point ofthe hook; and within the hook A is placedv a ring, D', as denoted-iu blue, to which the halter is attached, the spring'being sufciently strong to retain the ring within the hook, and yet so that 'a strong downward pressure would draw the ringfrom'the hook.

The hook is lattached. at any convenient place in tho stall, and the horse tied to thering/in the usual'mannel, but if, in lying down, thc halter should be too short, or become entangled in the horses feet, or otherwise,

to render him in danger of casting", the natural'strain of the horse upon the ring would drawthc ring from the hook, and thus release the horse from his otherwise dangerous position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the hook A, formedupon lthe plate B,- I claim the spring C, having one end ixed. andI the other bearingupon the surface'of the plate, and curved so that the-'surface of the spring bears upon the end of the hook, and so .as to close the same in the manner described, and with this combinedthe ring D, as and for,

the purpose specified. l.

F. DEMING.' Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBITS, JOHN H. SHUMWAY. 

